Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 9000-9008Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05269
Keywords
on-surface synthesis; Ullmann coupling; cyclodehydrogenation; scanning tunneling microscopy; core-level photoemission; density functional theory
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K13819] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Contributing to the need for new graphene nanoribbon (GNR) structures that can be synthesized with atomic precision, we have designed a reactant that renders chiral (3,1)-GNRs after a multistep reaction including Ullmann coupling and cyclodehydrogenation. The nanoribbon synthesis has been successfully proven on different coinage metals, and the formation process, together with the fingerprints associated with each reaction step, has been studied by combining scanning tunneling microscopy, core-level spectroscopy, and density functional calculations. In addition to the GNR's chiral edge structure, the substantial GNR lengths achieved and the low processing temperature required to complete the reaction grant this reactant extremely interesting properties for potential applications.
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